Ten Cent Christmas Dress

I sewed up a Christmas dress for my 8 month old daughter using vintage Simplicity 9128. It came out so pretty, and I am really excited to get photos of her in front of our tree for this year's Christmas card. All of the trimmings were vintage goodies from my late Grandma's stash, and the fabric was from a bag of scraps given to me by a neighbor. All I paid for was the pattern, and that was ten cents! Well, a little bit of work goes a long way sometimes:

See more photos and read a little about my girl's dress at my blog Farmhouse Garden. I hope all of your projects are going well too!

Simplicity 4079

Here is my pattern:

Here is my dress:
I got kind of fixated on the pattern illustration, in case you can't tell. I also got to use some awesome vintage buttons I had stuffed in my sewing table, so that was great. They might be my favorite part of the outfit. I made the belt too, but that's not vintage.

Thanks for looking!

More pictures, and posts about my middle school sewing club here!

Rachel Red Lips loves Sew Retro

Bonjour to my fellow seamstresses! Je m'appelle Rachel Red Lips; I've just joined Sew Retro and couldn't be more excited to get to know a sweet, supportive, and active group of seamstresses with a love for vintage patterns, fabrics, and notions. As avid sewists, it makes sense to look to vintage clothing, prints, and patterns as inspiration because a great deal of care, skill, and style went into making garments of the past, as opposed to the shoddy mass production which takes place today. I take great pride and pleasure in envisioning designs, scouting vintage materials, reconstructing garments, and sewing one of a kind garments and I strive to further my sewing education with more classes and practice. Until then, here's a look at a series of vintage inspired jumpers that I'm currently working on. Originally I used a vintage pattern to make a lightweight, silky jumper (shown above) then I lost the pattern pieces! So, I ripped the seams out and made my own pattern from the pieces...as crazy as it sounds, it's also a really fun way to learn how things are constructed! 

Here is the finished product - a one of a kind jumper made from vintage jantzen fabric. I've listed it for sale here, but plan to add more to my new shop! You can read more about my sewing projects by clicking here. 

Thanks for letting me join Sew Retro; I'm so excited to see the progress you all make in your sewing endeavors! Good luck, and stop by my blog to say hi sometime! 

xoxo,

Rachel Red Lips